A Novel About Gender Inequality That Haunted Me

Important lessons from Cho Nam-ju’s “Kim-Jiyoung”

Nino Padilla
Books Are Our Superpower
4 min readJun 3, 2021

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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 Book Cover (Simon&Schuster)

I don’t often read novels. I prefer reading for learning and acquiring knowledge. With this, I soon developed a preference for non-fiction books over fictional ones. And while Cho Namju’s Kim Ji-young is a work of fiction, it’s hard to believe it isn’t based on a true account because it portrays…

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